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To convince people to back your idea, you've got to sell it to yourself and know when it's the moment. Sometimes that means waiting. It's like surfing. You don't create energy, you just harvest energy already out there.
James Cameron
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James Cameron
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: August 14
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There is a hugely underserved population out there... those who are the least capable of paying pay the highest.
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Pick up a camera. Shoot something. No matter how small, no matter how cheesy, no matter whether your friends and your sister star in it. Put your name on it as director. Now you're a director. Everything after that you're just negotiating your budget and your fee.
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A director's job is to make something happen and it doesn't happen by itself. So you wheedle, you cajole, you flatter people, you tell them what needs to be done. And if you don't bring a passion and an intensity to it, you shouldn't be doing it.
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You know, in the film making business no one ever gives you anything.
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Jack: Where to, Miss? Rose: To the stars.
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You don't rest well as long as you're seeking vengeance. I feel sad justice wasn't done, but it's time to move on and sleep well.
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I had pictured myself as a filmmaker but I had never pictured myself as a director if that makes any sense at all.
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